Skip to content
OCFC Home
  • Data & Research
    • Dependency Dashboard
  • Library
    • Press Releases
    • Video Library
    • Acronyms
    • Materials & Resources
    • Glossary
    • Links
  • Contact Us
  • Children
    • Information
    • Mission & Guiding Principles
    • Where Can I Go For Help?
    • Family Group Decision Making
    • Your Rights
    • Resources for Youth
    • Acronyms/Glossary/Links/Videos
  • Judges & Legal Professionals
    • Mission & Guiding Principles
    • Benchbook 3rd Edition
    • Benchbook Resource Companion
    • Family Engagement Initiative
    • Expedited Appeals
    • Hearing Officer Education Committee
    • Statutes, Regulations & Laws
    • Generic Life Cycle of a Dependency Case
    • Needs Based Plans & Budget
    • Resources for Judges & Legal Professionals
    • Acronyms/Glossary/Links/Videos
  • Parents & Families
    • Information
    • Mission & Guiding Principles
    • Where Can I Go For Help?
    • Family Group Decision Making/Family Finding
    • Child Dependency System
    • Placement Options
    • Permanency Options
    • Resources for Parents & Families
    • Acronyms/Glossary/Links/Videos
  • System Professionals
    • Mission & Guiding Principles
    • Child Dependency System
    • Generic Life Cycle of a Dependency Case
    • What’s Happening in Dependency Court – Activity Book
    • Acronyms/Glossary/Links/Videos
    • System Partners
    • Resource Parent Guide
    • Library/Resources
  • Children’s Roundtable Initiative
    • State Roundtable
    • Organizational Structure
    • Local Children’s Roundtables
    • Leadership Roundtables
    • State Roundtable Workgroups/Committees
    • Permanency Practice Initiative
    • Family Engagement Initiative
    • Mission & Guiding Principles
  • About OCFC
    • Overview
    • Mission & Guiding Principles
    • Agency Court Collaboration
    • Court Improvement Program
    • Staff
    • Contact Us
  • Home

Resources for Judges & Legal Professionals

This page provides various resources created or gathered by the Office of Children & Families in the Courts. Hardcopies of some resources can be obtained by completing the Material Resources Order Form, which can be found here.

Brochures and Handbook/Guides

  • Cyber School
  • Family Finding/Family Group Decision Making
  • Office of Children & Families in the Courts
  • Psychotropic Medication Key Questions
  • Standards of Practice
  • What’s Happening in Dependency Court – Activity Book for Children
  • What’s Happening in Visitation – Activity Book for Children

Click here for additional resources.

Webpages/Links

  • Core One: An Attorney’s Introduction to Pennsylvania’s Dependency System
  • Family Engagement Initiative
  • State Roundtable Workgroup Information

Video Resources

  • A Call to Action: A Message from Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Max Baer
  • Act 91
  • An Educational Video for Judges: Dependent Children of Incarcerated Parents
  • Comfort Dogs in the Courts
  • Creating a Trauma-Informed and Responsive Court
  • Defining Normalcy: Exploring Typical Adolescent Behavior Using Evidence-Based Theories and Real Life Experience
  • Kinship Care
  • Normalcy for Youth in Foster Care
  • Pre-Service DVD for Guardians ad Litem and Parent Attorneys
  • Seeking Normalcy in Foster Care: A Youth’s Perspective
  • Voices of Youth: A Call for Change

Click here for additional video resources.


© 2023 Office of Children & Families in the Courts. All Rights Reserved.

601 Commonwealth Avenue
Suite 1500
P.O. Box 61260
Harrisburg, PA 17106-1260

(717) 231-3300

  • Children
  • Judges & Legal Professionals
  • Parents & Families
  • System Professionals
  • About OCFC
  • Data & Research
  • Library
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Home

The Unified Judicial System and its related personnel make no representation as to the accuracy, completeness or utility, and assume no liability for any general or specific use of the information provided herein. Information presented on this site is not, nor is it intended to be, legal advice. Legal questions should be referred to an attorney.